During Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Odisha, PM Narendra Modi flagged off the inaugural journey of the Pravasi Bharatiya Express, a special tourist train for Indian diaspora. The train, with maximum capacity of 156 passengers, starts from Delhi and travels for three weeks covering several locations, including Ayodhya, Patna, Varanasi, Mahabalipuram, Madurai, Kochi, Goa, Ajmer and Agra.